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ReviewDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra

Dementia and Hospital Readmission Rates: A Systematic Review.

Sabrina Pickens, Aanand D Naik, Angela Catic, Mark E Kunik

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In one paragraph

Review in Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Failure to Re-identify and Manage Known Dementia Associated With Hospital Readmission and LOS: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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  6. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Post-acute Home Health Services Among Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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  10. A Narrative Review of the Correlation Between Comorbidity and Acute Exacerbation of COPD Patients.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sabrina PickensThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing - Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Aanand D NaikVA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Angela CaticVA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Mark E KunikVA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Center for Innovation · USMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough community-dwelling persons with dementia have an increased risk of hospital readmission, no systematic review has examined the contribution of dementia to readmissions. SUMMARY: We examined articles in English, with no restrictions on publication dates, from Medline, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and EMBASE. Keywords used were KEY MESSAGE: Findings suggest a small increased risk of hospital readmission in individuals with dementia. More study is needed.

Indexed as

DementiaDischargeHospital readmissionsOlder adultsReview, systematic

Identifiers

PMID29282407
PMCPMC5731183
OpenAlexW2766504697

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